Georgia politicians are responding, mostly along party lines, after President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Trump later said the United States will run Venezuela until a “proper transition can take place.”
In an email, Sen. Raphael Warnock expressed concern that the escalation could bring more violence and instability to Venezuela and potentially cause more drug trafficking to the U.S.
“The Trump Administration owes the American people answers justifying this attack and explaining how the United States will ‘run’ Venezuela,” Warnock wrote. “It’s time for an increasingly feckless Congress to finally act and put this reckless President in check.”
Rep. Lucy McBath echoed concerns that the strikes could further destabilize the region and that military action requires congressional approval.
Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins, both running to be the Republican nominee in hopes of ousting Sen. Jon Ossoff, praised Trump on X for the military actions.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene offered a lone Republican voice of dissent, saying this was the exact type of foreign intervention that MAGA supporters thought they were voting against.
